Category: Wednesday’s Wisdom

Dear TSJ Peeps, Wednesday has arrived already and I do not know what life has brought your way this week. It has been a good week for us here at The Shared Journey. Yet I have found myself getting caught in that trap of feeling inadequate from time to time. I have pondered the power of words as well as the power of presence. So often I wish I had listened more as later I ask myself, “Why did I say that?” It happened again and got me to thinking about the topic of grief as I chatted with a

Happy Wednesday TSJ Readers, Solomon, our wisdom whisperer is on vacation with SJ. May I just take a few moments and say a very public thank you? Most of you know that The Shared Journey Life Coaching Practice and weekly blog-post check- ins rose out of my dream to love, support and encourage people (“peeps”) in the grit and grime of daily living to discover and embrace the gifts of grace and growth waiting to be unwrapped. Each day is an opportunity to discover greatness in the grittiness of suffering or fatigue much like waiting for that little rose bud

Dear TSJ Peeps, First, allow me to share some TSJ trivia that reveals the love that flows here at headquarters. Since Sunday was Father’s Day Solomon suddenly decided to write Mr. John a letter. He was sensitive to Mr. John’s place on a day- in a new marriage – that honors fathers in a family who lost a beloved father. Solomon understands matters of the heart and life in real pastures where real things happen. Further, both Mr. John and I were very weary from spending many hours sorting “stuff” and doing all one does to get a home filled with memories ready for

Dear TSJ Peeps, It is Wednesday already!    How does it work that some days and weeks bring feelings of overwhelm and drudgery making time drag or the days long. Yet, you also feel like time is flying faster than a jet plane leaving a quickly evaporating stream of memory behind? Puff!  The day is gone. Or the year is gone. I guess it is all perception, isn’t it?  Kind of like sixty seconds of  getting a sliver removed seems like forever and exactly the same sixty seconds eating ice cream seems like a second. Many of our TSJ peeps are in exactly that position as

Happy Wednesday, TSJ Readers! Here at TSJ headquarters your support team –  both the real people (Ms. Margie and Mr. John) and the stuffed animals who think they are real (Solomon, SJ and Sigmund) – are all aware that many of you are teachers and/or parents dealing with tired, restless, edgy and somewhat challenging kids as the school year winds down. Your team is behind you in love and prayers. And although this topic is very important today, I will try to keep it as light as possible. Truthfully, Solomon and I simply want to remind you that discouragement is  inevitable at times,